The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior's condensed statement of the substance of both law and Gospel, 'Thou shalt love the lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and thy neighbor as thyself' that church will I join with all my heart and all my soul.

You can always lie to others and hide your actions from them... but you can not fool yourself

Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard for its actual existence amongst us and the difficulties of getting rid of it in any satisfactory way, and to all the constitutional obligations which have been thrown about it; but, nevertheless, desire a policy that looks to the prevention of it as a wrong, and looks hopefully to the time when as a wrong it may come to an end.

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion.